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When we burn fossil fuels, it puts more carbon dioxide into the air. The ocean soaks up a lot of this, and it gets too acidic. This is bad news for sea creatures like coral and shellfish that need to build shells. On top of that, burning fuels warms the whole planet, including the water in the ocean. That can make dead zones appear and stress out the animals that live there. If we use less fossil fuel, we won't pump as much carbon dioxide into the air. That means the ocean won't get as acidic or as warm, and the marine life will have a better chance of surviving.

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When we burn fossil fuels, more CO2 gets released into the air. A lot of that CO2 is absorbed by the ocean, which makes the water more acidic — and that’s bad for corals and shellfish that need to build shells. Burning fuels also warms the planet and the ocean, which can cause dead zones and put extra stress on marine life. If we use less fossil fuel, we’d put less CO2 into the air, so the ocean wouldn’t get as acidic or as warm, and sea creatures would have a better chance of surviving.